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> > Cincinnati chili is a Greek-style meat sauce served over spaghetti
> > or hot dogs. It is not, and never was intended to be, a replacement
> > for Texas chili, chili con carne, etc. It is a completely different
> > food item; some people love it, some hate it.
> >
> > To get hung up on the name is ridiculous. [snip]
>
> Yeah, but language is supposed to communicate meaning, food names
> included. If I make lasagna and call it chocolate mousse the lasagna
> may taste good but I have misled whoever heard me say mousse. This is
> not the old argument about so-called 'authenticity,' it's just a plea
> to avoid misleading terms. If they called it "Greek style meat sauce
> for spaghetti" I'd have no quibble coming (even if I don't like its
> taste), but slapping the "chili" label on something it barely resembles
> was deceptive, whether intended to be or not. Hence my calling it
> "fake." -aem
>

I don't know why this cracked me up like it did but it did. I'm sitting
here thinking "wraslin's fake".

I'm sooooo strange today